{"id":946282,"date":"2026-10-25T23:58:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T23:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/946282\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T23:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T23:58:09","slug":"sebastian-fundoras-latest-opponent-sums-up-jaron-ennis-chances-of-beating-him-its-not-normal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/946282\/","title":{"rendered":"Sebastian Fundora&#8217;s latest opponent sums up Jaron Ennis&#8217; chances of beating him: &#8220;It&#8217;s not normal&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Coming off a strong performance against Sebastian Fundora last weekend, Ermal Hadribeaj has considered how the WBC champion might fare against Jaron Ennis.<\/p>\n<p>The super-welterweight contender entered his maiden world title shot against Fundora, who ultimately <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/boxing\/story\/_\/id\/50208058\/sebastian-fundora-retains-title-last-second-ko-ermal-hadribeaj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">stopped his mandatory challenger in the final second of round 12<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the finish, though, the \u2018Towering Inferno\u2019 had been made to work harder than expected as Hadribeaj found repeated success on the inside.<\/p>\n<p>That he was even able to get past the American\u2019s 80-inch reach came as a surprise to many, while Fundora would argue that he was happy to trade leather at close quarters.<\/p>\n<p>Either way, his latest performance has inspired some to suggest that, against Ennis, the 28-year-old is unlikely to get away with adopting the same approach.<\/p>\n<p>This is partly due to the effectiveness of Hadribeaj\u2019s raiding strategy, as the 32-year-old southpaw would often bring his feet into range, initiate a clinch and work his way around the long limbs of Fundora.<\/p>\n<p>Hadribeaj, however, has argued that Boots may not enjoy the same success by employing such tactics, telling former two-time world champion <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/X3Qe74HyJNE?si=OheO5C46qHVzdpXy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shawn Porter<\/a> that the American cannot rely solely on his speed advantage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think [Ennis] is going to be able to fight the way I [did against] Fundora. When you go in the ring with Fundora, you realise something that is not normal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo if [Ennis is] going to [try and] capitalise on his quick movement, maybe it\u2019s not going to work with Fundora.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith [Fundora\u2019s] height, everything he does works.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before an <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/champion-calls-out-ennis-for-undisputed\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">undisputed encounter with Fundora<\/a> can materialise, Ennis must first defeat IBF champion Josh Kelly in a three-belt unification match that is expected to take place in January.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Coming off a strong performance against Sebastian Fundora last weekend, Ermal Hadribeaj has considered how the WBC champion&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":946283,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-946282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=946282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/946283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=946282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=946282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=946282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}